Fountain comb



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F. M. GRLETEN FOUNTAIN COMB Filed Oct. '21, 1922 Petentedli/iur. 2Q,

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jhpplication filed october" 21 1922.v Serial N0. 595,9w.

To all whomitmay concern." p Be it known that l, FREDERICK M. GRmrEN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city and State of 6Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FountainCombs, of

i which the following-is a specification.

This invention relates to' combs which are constructed tolap'plymedicaments and the like to the. scalp, and its object is toprovide acomb of this kind embodying certain. novel and improved features ofconstruction to be hereinafter described in de-' tail and cluimed.-

In order that the invention maybe better understood, reference is had tothe secondpanying drawing, wherein-'' Figure l is en elevation ofthe"co1 nb partly in section; i

F'g. 2 is a. cross-section on the line 22.. ofFig.1;- 7

Fig.3 is en enlarged cross-section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, end i of efiller device.

Referring; specifically to the drawing,

' the comb which is the subject matter of the.

present application for patent consists of a back 5, teeth 6 and ehandle 7. The hack and the handle ere hollow, and etch tooth has nlongitudinally extendingdischarge duct '8 leading from the chamber 9 ofthe back and opening through the extremity or tip of the tooth; The rearend of the comb beck hes a. nipple 10 to which the handle is fitted endsecured in any suitable'manner.

In the chamber formed in the handle 7 is'mounted a resilient reservoir11 for the 'meteriel which is to be ejected from the comb. The rear endof this reservoir is fitted with a. filler nipple 12 which'pessesthrough and projects *from the correspond.- ing end of the handle, endhas its projectas shown in Fig. 1.

niPPle 10 so that the met fi l V ing' end screw=threaded to receives.closure in the form of-en ordinary screw cup-13,-

oherg ed into theheomb chemberltk, 3

nipple it is provided with as hell or other check valve 15 to prevent ereturn flow into ther'eservoir l1.

lin order to force the material from the reservoir 11 into the combchamber 9, it is-necessary to compress the former, and for this purposethe handle 7 has a. side opening 16 through which protrudes a, handle 17attached to and projecting from a presser plate 18 which bears againstthe side of the reservoir, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Uponressing inwardly on the handle 17, the p etc 18 compresses the reser--voir and forces the material therein through the outlet nipple 14 intothe CODIklO chamber 9, from which. letter, the materiel escepes' by theway of the ducts 8 to the scalp, the comb being movedthrough the heir inthe usuel manner.

' To fill the reservoir 11, it is necesseryonly to remove the cap 13 endepply to the nipple 12, the device shdwn in Fig. 4. This deviceconsistsof a. piech of tubing 19' hav- 4: is an elevation, partly insection, ingaone of its ends fitted with an outlet nipple 20 which isinternally threeded to screw on the projecting end of the nipple 12. Thetubing 19 is to be inserted into the bottle or other receptaclecontainingtibi:

liquid with which the reservoir is to filled. Before this is done, thereservoir must be compressed, and upon releasing the heck which is hollow to form it chamber therein, teeth extend essocieted with seidoutlet, filler nipple connected to the reservoir and projecting from thehandle, at removehle ciosure for seid. n pple, end e resser 'devite forthe reservoir hevin'p; ectueting me "protruding through the hendle sideopening; 1

combheg; e beet; which is hollow to form a chamber therein, teethextending from said back and having discharge ducts leading froin thechamber, a hollow handle carrying theback, a resilientreservoinin 5 thehollow of the handle and having an outlet into the aforesaid chamber, acheck 'valve assoeiated with said outlet, a filler sure for said nipple,and means for 'compressing the reservoir.

In testim'ony whereof I aflix my signatnre.

FREDERICK M; GRIETEN.

